India’s Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, left, talks to his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi at a meeting of the party in Jaipur, India, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, was Saturday appointed the party vice president. The elevation positions him to lead the party, which his family has long dominated, in parliamentary elections next year.(AP Photo)

India’s Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, left, talks to his mother and party president Sonia Gandhi at a meeting of the party in Jaipur, India, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, was Saturday appointed the party vice president. The elevation positions him to lead the party, which his family has long dominated, in parliamentary elections next year.(AP Photo)